Tuesday, July 27, 2010 A Russian court in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur ordered RA RTS Rosnet, a local internet services provider to block access to YouTube and four other websites because of…
Category: General Tech
Is TalkTalk, Spying on its Customers?
Thursday, July 29, 2010 UK’s second largest internet service provider admitted that since July, the company has been secretly scrutinizing the web usage of its 4.2 million customers in an attempt to…
iPhone jailbreaking legal
Monday, July 26, 2010 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an independent US government agencyin charge of regularing the radio spectrum which includes radio, television, and the internet, announced this Monday that the…
Barbie on Foursquare and Twitter
One of the world’s most famous dolls, Mattel’s Barbie, signed up to Foursquare and Twitter to promote her latest ‘incarnation’ – Barbie Video Girl. Barbie Video Girl doubles up as a digital…
Japanese billboard knows your age and sex
In the sci-fi action-thriller Minority Report advertising goes to a whole new level as the billboards are able to identify the exact identity of who is viewing the ad and therefore the…
180 E-books Sold for every 100 Hardcovers
E-books have outselled the hardbacks. Last month, a hundred and eighty e-books were sold for every 100 non-digital books. During the second quarter of this year, 143 e-books were sold for every…
Phantom Eye: Boeing’s Hydrogen Powered Spy Plane
Boeing’s Phantom Eye can soar at 65,000 feet for four days without having to refuel; it needs no actual pilot; it operates on alternative energy… and as is all that were not…
There’s a zombie on your Xbox Live Arcade
“There’s a zombie on your lawn; you don’t want zombies on your lawn,” sang the sunflower on the credits of the hit Pop Cap game, Plants vs. Zombies. The sunflower has got…
Slow sales for Microsoft Office 2010
The release of Microsoft Office 2010 did not make too much of a bang, probably because the market was too busy oogling at their iPhone 4’s to notice the entrance of the…
Kevin Scott’s bendable bike design
Kevin Scott of UK’s De Monfort University is looking for investors that will help fund his one of a kind idea of a bendable bike; the bendable bike by the industrial designer…
Turn iPhone’s LED to a flashlight
The Flashligh for iPhone 4 does exactly what it says. No, it’s not a flashlight that you can use to view for your iPhone 4 when it’s nowhere to be found in…
Waterproof power strip
Even though the occurrence of an accident that involves water short circuiting an electrical device is more or less rare, we can’t deny that it might happen. And with the Wet Circuit…
Michael Jackson Video Games, Anyone?
Whether you be an MJ fan or not, admit it. You HAVE tried to do a Moon Walk or sing Ben in falsetto or groove along with Thriller or at least stomp…
Nintendo Rides the 3D Wagon
That’s right! Behold, the Nintendo 3DS—and get this: It does not require any special glasses! The latest handheld gaming console from Nintendo is scheduled to be out in the markets by April…
Hollywood Heavyweights to Make YouTube Film
The star? It could be you! And a number of other YouTube users… “On July 24, we’re asking you to capture your world on video”, announces the social media website YouTube. Life…